John Young (cricketer, born 1884)

John Villiers Young (16 August 1884 — 8 September 1960) was an English first-class cricketer.

Young was born in British India at Dharwar in August 1884. He was educated in England at Eastbourne College, where he played as an all-rounder for the college cricket team from 1901 to 1904, captaining the team in his final two years.[1] From Eastbourne he went up to the University of Cambridge in 1906, where he spent a year before transferring to the University of Oxford, where he attended St John's College, Oxford; he had the distinction of appearing in freshman matches for both Cambridge and Oxford, but never appeared for either teams senior sides.[1] Young appeared in three first-class cricket matches for Sussex in the 1908 County Championship, making appearances against Essex, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire.[2] He scored 105 runs in his three matches at an average of 21.00, with a highest score of 84.[3] After graduating from Oxford, Young entered into the Imperial Forestry Service in December 1909.[4] He served in the First World War from May to August 1918 in the British Indian Army Reserve of Officers as a second lieutenant.[5] He resumed his service in the Imperial Forestry Service after the war, retiring in February 1925.[6] He later served as a councillor on Eastbourne Town Council for Hampden Park Ward from 1938.[7] He died in hospital at Eastbourne in September 1960. His brother was Dick Young, who played Test cricket for England.[1]